Prove One’s Innocence

This might have been the gentlest voice Ye Chu had ever heard from Ye Shiyun, but to her, it felt like a sharp sword stabbing into her chest.

"Miss, your bag is not in the room."

Ye Chu kept her head down while speaking, trying to avoid looking at Gu Muchen. This made her seem guilty.

"My bag was in the room. How could it not be there?" Ye Shiyun looked at Ye Chu in disbelief. "I left it there, and I only gave you the room key. You took the key last night, then disappeared until now. Where did you go? I called you, but you didn’t answer."

"I didn’t hear it," Ye Chu said simply, not bothering to explain.

Ye Shiyun had indeed called her last night, but at that time, she had already lost consciousness. Of course, she couldn’t have answered.

She had her doubts when she took the Chinese medicine earlier, but without proof, she could only keep her suspicions to herself.

But now, Ye Shiyun was openly accusing her of stealing the bag and selling the gift meant for Gu Muchen.

This only proved that Ye Shiyun had deliberately sent her to Room 608 yesterday.

There was no bag in that room. Instead, there had been a strange scent that could make someone lose control. If she hadn’t been prepared and noticed it early, she might have fallen into Ye Shiyun’s trap.

But because of that, she had mistakenly entered Gu Muchen’s room. In the end, she didn’t gain anything from it.

"You didn’t hear me? Then where were you last night? Tell me, where did you sell the things in my bag? I can let everything else go, but I must get back the gift I carefully prepared for Gu Muchen!"

Suddenly, Ye Shiyun became agitated, as if she had truly lost something important.

"I told you I didn’t take your bag, and I didn’t touch anything in the room. How can you just accuse me like this?" Ye Chu couldn’t hold back anymore and finally raised her head, shouting back.

"Fine! Then tell me where you were last night. If you can prove it, I’ll believe you didn’t take my bag!"

Ye Shiyun was waiting for Ye Chu to defend herself so that she could completely destroy her with a single move.

Yesterday, Du Shicheng had called her, furious, saying that Ye Chu had never appeared in Room 608.

For convenience, Du Shicheng had turned off all the surveillance cameras on the sixth floor in advance, so he was sure it was Ye Shiyun’s fault for failing to set things up properly. Not only did he refuse to return the photos to her, but he also used this as an excuse to torment her all night.

Now, when Ye Shiyun saw Ye Chu, her anger boiled over. She had suffered so much because of this little b*tch!

But if Ye Chu really had gone to Room 608, she would have definitely been caught. Even if it hadn’t been Du Shicheng, it would have been another man!

If she hadn’t gone, then Ye Shiyun would just accuse her of stealing the bag in front of Gu Muchen and ruin her already terrible reputation even more.

"Where did you go last night? Why is it so hard to answer?" Ye Shiyun pressed.

"I… last night…" Ye Chu instinctively glanced at Gu Muchen, who was standing next to Ye Shiyun. The man’s face was cold, his eyes emotionless. He had no intention of helping her.

"Miss is asking you a question. Answer!" The housekeeper, Yang, suddenly pushed Ye Chu’s back.

Ye Chu stumbled forward but quickly lowered her head again, remaining silent.

Seeing this, Ye Shiyun immediately felt certain—

Ye Chu must have been caught last night. She must have found a man in a hurry, which was why she didn’t dare to say anything now.

Thinking of this, Ye Shiyun pretended to be very upset and said, "Ye Chu, I have been too kind to you before, forgiving you again and again. That must have made you worse, right?"

"This time, I can’t let it go. I had a pearl necklace in my bag that I really liked. It’s not expensive, only 100,000 yuan. You have to compensate me for it."

"What?" Ye Chu looked up in shock at Ye Shiyun.

When she saw Ye Shiyun’s smug expression, she quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and asked seriously, "Miss, which bag did you bring to the party yesterday?"

"What do you mean?" Ye Shiyun asked warily.

"What do I mean? Miss keeps saying that I took her bag, but I really didn’t. That means someone else must have stolen it. Even if I want to prove my innocence, I have to help Miss find her bag!"

"But I really don’t remember what Miss’s bag looked like yesterday. We went straight into the party after getting out of the car. When did Miss bring her bag to Room 608?" Ye Chu frowned, looking thoughtful. "So if Miss can tell me what her bag looks like, I’ll go to the hotel now and have them check all the surveillance footage. That way, we can see which heartless person stole it!"

Ye Shiyun was caught off guard. She didn’t expect Ye Chu to suggest checking the hotel’s surveillance cameras. If they did, it would prove she never brought the bag in the first place.

"Ye Chu, don’t be ridiculous. Do you think you can just check the hotel’s surveillance whenever you want?" Ye Shiyun’s guilty expression made her lose her confidence.

"It’s fine. I’ll make a call and have them check it now," Gu Muxuan, who had been standing silently the whole time, suddenly spoke and pulled out his phone.

This time, Ye Shiyun panicked. If the footage was checked, her lie would be exposed.

She quickly signaled to Butler Yang. He immediately understood and slapped his thigh, pretending he had just remembered something.

"Oh, Miss, I remember now! You wanted to bring the bag yesterday, but it didn’t match your dress, so you left it behind when you went out. When I was cleaning your room, I put the bag away."

"It’s my fault, all my fault! I only just realized it now!" Butler Yang exclaimed dramatically.

"Why did you only remember now, Yang? You almost made me wrongly accuse Ye Chu," Ye Shiyun said, pretending to be apologetic. She then turned to Ye Chu and said, "I’m sorry, Ye Chu. I was wrong to suspect you. Please don’t take it to heart."

Ye Chu remained calm and looked at Ye Shiyun’s fake apology. "Now that the truth is out, I’ll go back and rest."

Without glancing at Gu Muchen, Ye Chu turned and walked toward the small warehouse where she lived.

She didn’t know why Gu Muchen had helped her, but it didn’t matter anymore. She needed to rest and prepare for her work at Shengge Bar later that night.

Gu Muchen’s gaze followed Ye Chu’s departing figure until she was completely out of sight.

She had just said that Ye Shiyun sent her to Room 608… so going to the sixth floor wasn’t her own decision?